Oh the classic Ouija board, both feared and revered for their use in contacting spirits from the dead, conducting séances and rituals for speaking to your lost loved ones and spiritual presences inside your home, and sometimes unwittingly and also knowingly conjuring nightmarish demons and malevolent entities from beyond the veil. The age-old question persists..Are they dangerous instruments of demonic destruction, or divine tools for psychics and clairvoyant mediums of all types? Well, that depends on your purpose and intention of using it. If you are going out of your way to have the black candles and blood sacrifices dripping and darkest of magic books open and summoning Goddess knows what type of darkness..then yes they can be used for some very ugly purposes and you will most likely regret it later on. However, if all you want is to make contact with the deceased family to answer a few questions or the spirit that is going bump and bang in the wee hours..then with proper guidance and correct usage.. an Ouija board is a very useful device to have in one's magical tools.
There are many types and designs of boards.. from the classic ones designed after the Parker Brothers game board to the very modern and contemporary styles that are designed to be used with either a planchette or a pendulum, the pendulum designed ones are usually called dowsing boards, other names for the Ouija board include talking boards, spirit boards, channeling boards, and witch boards. I have seen several handmade ones made by artists that have Futhark runes, Theban script letters, ogham symbols and other symbols and designs of script and language used to divine specific outcomes and give more clear answers aside from spelling out the original alphabet letters and answering yes and no. you can even get crafty and cheaply make your own styles from things like cutting boards, tempered glass or very fine acrylic plastic laid over top of a paper or fine cardboard drawing, or just a very good quality writing paper that you have drawn the letters and designs of your choosing. a planchette can be just about anything that will slide over the surface smoothly and give a clear distinct direction across your board. a very clean shot glass works well, and there are spinners, rolling balls, and other such fluidly moving objects that will give a clear pointing to the letters and symbols and for the advanced pendulum users, well your pendulum will swing and circle to the letters and symbols to give the answers you ask of it.
It is not precisely the board or the planchette or another pointer device that gives the answers, it is the spiritual energy that is directing you as the medium into moving the planchette to the correct answers by directing your hand and your spiritual consciousness into spelling out what the spirit wants you to understand and know. there are several superstitions of the use and how the board is being manipulated and what kind of entity you have contacted, if the planchette goes widdershins (backward) in circles around the board or goes counterclockwise to each corner of the board then supposedly a negative and harmful energy is present, this is also reported to be true if the planchette is moving in a figure eight formation. Alternately, affixing a pure silver coin is said to ward off the harmful energies and they cannot control the board or the medium. It is also common sense to not leave the planchette on the board when it is not in use. I have never seen a board or a planchette work entirely on its own however we don't want a repeat of the movie scene in "Paranormal Activity 2". Where the board is seen to be conjuring the dark force with no one present because oh they forgot to pack up the planchette and left it sitting on the board and the entity decided to just invite itself in.
It is common sense advice to not use a board if you are sick, injured, or in a fragile or disturbed mental or emotional state, this would leave you in a weakened position and vulnerable to attracting the wrong kind of energy or unable to fight it off or close down the board correctly, and most advise to not use a board by yourself, who is going to protect you when you are in the grips of a bad spirit contact and you can't get yourself back into the here and now if you are attempting to do this by yourself? Large groups are also not recommended as there is more magnetic and living spiritual energy present in the room from too many various sources, thus there is more energy for the spirit to manifest and this is not good if by chance the spirit you have contact is a malefic type. Do not ask the spirits questions about if you or someone is going to die and do not be disrespectful or rude or use coarse language while talking to them either, ask simple and clear questions that will give you a clear response, if a spirit refuses to answer do not press the issue, respect its desire to refuse to answer you. Even the nicest of spirits can get angry and we don't want that do we?
Unless you are purposely summoning some dark evil something from the bowels of the netherworld to aid you in some dark scheme, then white, grey, or lavender purple candles grouped in threes, arranged in loose triangular or circular patterns, and sandalwood, bay leaves, mugwort, vervain, and white sage incenses, and any other type of protecting, benevolent type of incenses that you like to use are great for contacting helpful spirits or to ask to speak with your deceased relatives or friends or just find out who is really haunting your home. If you wish to feel more protected, casting a circle of pure sea salt around you and your partner while using the board is a simple protective measure if you want to cast a circle with candles, do so and place a candle at each quarter point of the circle. Traditionally your partner should be the opposite gender as you, however, this does not seem to particularly matter in the modern day usage of boards. There are supposed to be two partners or a small group and each person that is partnered to the medium and each one must keep a finger or two on the planchette to maintain contact and control with the board and to not allow the spirit to use it without the human medium's permission, As I said, do not allow the planchette to be in a position to be manipulated without your presence or consent. If at any time you wish to end the session or you feel threatened or bothered you must tell the spirits you are leaving and make sure to tell them Goodbye and fully close the circle and the board. Make sure this intention is known and the spirit understands that you wish it to leave and you are done speaking with it.
If you find your hand counting down through the letter and numbers of the board in order or even backward, do not allow this as your spirit is trying to escape the confines of the board and you do not want this to happen. Reputedly turning the planchette upside down and using it that way will prevent this. If you hand happens to slip off the board and the planchette is dropped off the board or worse, broken or lost, then you basically just set a spirit loose and that was the intention of the spirit to start with. Particularly strong spirits and strongly negative entities have been reported to literally snatch the planchette and fling it or worse, it ends up broken or it disappears and you can't find it. Whether or not this is really true I cannot say I have never had that happen to me or have heard of it happening to anyone close to me. Let us be cautious with ourselves and try to not summon something we cannot control eh??
Possible signs and symptoms of bad spirit contact include, repeatedly getting very bad or negative answers on the board regardless of how innocent or benevolent of the question asked, repeatedly trying to spell answers without first being asked a question, the medium or another person in the group or the other partner begins acting as if in a hazy trance, or begins speaking and acting in fearful, rude, aggressive, and violent manner towards the partner and others in the group, especially of the opposite sex, speaking in a foreign language or accented English, telling the other partner or group something that is a known lie, attempting to manipulate and demand and order the partner or group into something the spirit wants to see done, such as leaving the room and asking for unusual favors or perverse sexual acts, in extreme cases the possessed person will feel nauseous, vomit, have twitching and numbness or extreme cold feeling of limbs, head, facial features, and upper body, fainting, having nightmares, disturbed sleep patterns, become morbid and depressed or react in angry violent ways after using the board. Or they may speak persistently of the same actions or thoughts that are seemingly not his/her own, worst case scenario is that they speak of or attempt suicide, harming themselves and others, or suddenly develop substance abuse habits that were never a problem before. This seems to coincide with prolonged use and after the cycle of progressive entrapment has started. In worst case scenarios I advise seeking help from a professional of the clergy or another professional of your faith that specializes in spirit contact and even a demonologist that can help with dispelling the presence and restoring the affected person back to themselves.
In the surrounding area during the séance, if you just happen to be in a room or building, negative entities will occasionally manifest and show signs of presence by loud scratching, banging and thumping of walls, furniture, and floor, doors may slam shut or forcefully open. They may attempt trying to upend the board or disturb the table where the board is sitting, candles may burn very low or go out, lights and electrical equipment in the room will go off or malfunction, they may or may not become physically violent towards the medium or others involved. If you are outside, you may hear loud snapping sounds and movement in bushes and trees, the wind may pick up speed, or suddenly stop and become very still and you may feel a marked drop in temperature and a feeling of oppressive heaviness in the immediate area, animals, insects, and birds become very quiet or may act disturbed and suddenly take flight or leave. Candles sitting in the circle or area may become dim, go out, or suddenly overturn.
A lot of hearsay speaks strongly of destroying a board should it become possessed by a spirit that refuses to let go of it or doesn't want to share the board with other spirits, and there is the potential danger of becoming addicted to using your board, by the maleficent spirits that have decided they want to keep you talking to them, they create illusions of lies and deceit and false flattery to the owner of the board to keep them coming back for more, this is called progressive entrapment, which is another form of spiritual possession however it is the spirit in the board that has you obsessively using it to maintain contact and this is how the spirit possesses your mind and possibly manipulates you into doing its will when you are not in contact with your board. This is why we do not use our board if we are sick or frail of physical and mental health in any way whatsoever.
Instead of destroying the board entirely it is better to try to cleanse it and remove the negative energy and restore it back to a neutral and safe state. I personally say that if you were to burn, smash, or rip apart your board then you are in effect releasing the spirit into this world to wreak whatever havoc it wants and then you have to resort to measures to rid it out of your life anyway so what exactly is destroying the board going to achieve?? Proper opening and closing down of the board and cleansing it of any and all energies before and after using it is a safe way to prevent the board and yourself from potential entrapment or a spirit escaping and causing potential problems for you and others. I have seen boards that are marked with protective runes, sigils, and words to prevent negative energies from making contact, this sounds like an idea that would not be amiss!
If your board is made of a wood, glass, or acrylic material that can be cleansed, then sprinkling it with sea salt, sweeping it off with a ritual duster or broom, then sprinkling blessed water onto each corner of it and gently wiping it off, smudging it down with incense and passing it over a white candle flame, and repeating this ritual three consecutive times accompanied by clear and forceful chants and incantations for the negative forces to be removed and cleansed should be a efficient way to and remove stubbornly negative energies. In the case of a very strong or harmful type spirit asking the aide of a trained professional or clergy of your choice would be a wise decision.
Places to not use your board include first and most importantly, inside your home, this is where you live, sleep, and go throughout your day, and we do not want the spirit potentially inhabiting our home or affecting the environment if there was originally no spiritual activity beforehand. if your home is already known to be haunted then it is better to entice the spirit that lives there to leave the house and be outside or in a place where it is not going to possibly harm you or your chosen partner. Do not use your board in a place such as a cemetery or in a place where violence, murders, bad tragedies have happened or any place that is known to carry negative energy that could be accidentally contacted and brought into the living world. It is relatively safe to use your board on your property outside the home, in a park, any chosen place of yours that will be safe to use that is not going to be in a personal intimate space and preferably in a place that would be neutral for negative energy. Places near running natural sources of water seem to be good conductors for spiritual energy and where there is a large area of limestone, limestone is oddly conducive to holding and trapping energy of all kinds and homes and properties with limestone foundations and caves of limestone are said to be haunted.
I hope I have given you all an informational introduction into this often misunderstood and feared tool, yes I have spoken of what can go wrong and what to not do..I am all for the safety of the people using the board and safe practices of using a magical tool and there are too many people that are naïve and foolish and really want to think that an ouija board is just a game or toy. I can assure you that if you really want to treat it that way then expect to find yourself toyed with in return and the ways that you are being played with may not be very fair or nice. However, for the many of us that wish to use the board in the correct ways and that means no harm and want to learn and explore what can be a fantastic way to work with spirits..yes an Ouija board can be a great asset to own and use. spirits. I hope everyone has a Blessed Day and I will see you all again soon!
There are many types and designs of boards.. from the classic ones designed after the Parker Brothers game board to the very modern and contemporary styles that are designed to be used with either a planchette or a pendulum, the pendulum designed ones are usually called dowsing boards, other names for the Ouija board include talking boards, spirit boards, channeling boards, and witch boards. I have seen several handmade ones made by artists that have Futhark runes, Theban script letters, ogham symbols and other symbols and designs of script and language used to divine specific outcomes and give more clear answers aside from spelling out the original alphabet letters and answering yes and no. you can even get crafty and cheaply make your own styles from things like cutting boards, tempered glass or very fine acrylic plastic laid over top of a paper or fine cardboard drawing, or just a very good quality writing paper that you have drawn the letters and designs of your choosing. a planchette can be just about anything that will slide over the surface smoothly and give a clear distinct direction across your board. a very clean shot glass works well, and there are spinners, rolling balls, and other such fluidly moving objects that will give a clear pointing to the letters and symbols and for the advanced pendulum users, well your pendulum will swing and circle to the letters and symbols to give the answers you ask of it.
It is not precisely the board or the planchette or another pointer device that gives the answers, it is the spiritual energy that is directing you as the medium into moving the planchette to the correct answers by directing your hand and your spiritual consciousness into spelling out what the spirit wants you to understand and know. there are several superstitions of the use and how the board is being manipulated and what kind of entity you have contacted, if the planchette goes widdershins (backward) in circles around the board or goes counterclockwise to each corner of the board then supposedly a negative and harmful energy is present, this is also reported to be true if the planchette is moving in a figure eight formation. Alternately, affixing a pure silver coin is said to ward off the harmful energies and they cannot control the board or the medium. It is also common sense to not leave the planchette on the board when it is not in use. I have never seen a board or a planchette work entirely on its own however we don't want a repeat of the movie scene in "Paranormal Activity 2". Where the board is seen to be conjuring the dark force with no one present because oh they forgot to pack up the planchette and left it sitting on the board and the entity decided to just invite itself in.
It is common sense advice to not use a board if you are sick, injured, or in a fragile or disturbed mental or emotional state, this would leave you in a weakened position and vulnerable to attracting the wrong kind of energy or unable to fight it off or close down the board correctly, and most advise to not use a board by yourself, who is going to protect you when you are in the grips of a bad spirit contact and you can't get yourself back into the here and now if you are attempting to do this by yourself? Large groups are also not recommended as there is more magnetic and living spiritual energy present in the room from too many various sources, thus there is more energy for the spirit to manifest and this is not good if by chance the spirit you have contact is a malefic type. Do not ask the spirits questions about if you or someone is going to die and do not be disrespectful or rude or use coarse language while talking to them either, ask simple and clear questions that will give you a clear response, if a spirit refuses to answer do not press the issue, respect its desire to refuse to answer you. Even the nicest of spirits can get angry and we don't want that do we?
Unless you are purposely summoning some dark evil something from the bowels of the netherworld to aid you in some dark scheme, then white, grey, or lavender purple candles grouped in threes, arranged in loose triangular or circular patterns, and sandalwood, bay leaves, mugwort, vervain, and white sage incenses, and any other type of protecting, benevolent type of incenses that you like to use are great for contacting helpful spirits or to ask to speak with your deceased relatives or friends or just find out who is really haunting your home. If you wish to feel more protected, casting a circle of pure sea salt around you and your partner while using the board is a simple protective measure if you want to cast a circle with candles, do so and place a candle at each quarter point of the circle. Traditionally your partner should be the opposite gender as you, however, this does not seem to particularly matter in the modern day usage of boards. There are supposed to be two partners or a small group and each person that is partnered to the medium and each one must keep a finger or two on the planchette to maintain contact and control with the board and to not allow the spirit to use it without the human medium's permission, As I said, do not allow the planchette to be in a position to be manipulated without your presence or consent. If at any time you wish to end the session or you feel threatened or bothered you must tell the spirits you are leaving and make sure to tell them Goodbye and fully close the circle and the board. Make sure this intention is known and the spirit understands that you wish it to leave and you are done speaking with it.
If you find your hand counting down through the letter and numbers of the board in order or even backward, do not allow this as your spirit is trying to escape the confines of the board and you do not want this to happen. Reputedly turning the planchette upside down and using it that way will prevent this. If you hand happens to slip off the board and the planchette is dropped off the board or worse, broken or lost, then you basically just set a spirit loose and that was the intention of the spirit to start with. Particularly strong spirits and strongly negative entities have been reported to literally snatch the planchette and fling it or worse, it ends up broken or it disappears and you can't find it. Whether or not this is really true I cannot say I have never had that happen to me or have heard of it happening to anyone close to me. Let us be cautious with ourselves and try to not summon something we cannot control eh??
Possible signs and symptoms of bad spirit contact include, repeatedly getting very bad or negative answers on the board regardless of how innocent or benevolent of the question asked, repeatedly trying to spell answers without first being asked a question, the medium or another person in the group or the other partner begins acting as if in a hazy trance, or begins speaking and acting in fearful, rude, aggressive, and violent manner towards the partner and others in the group, especially of the opposite sex, speaking in a foreign language or accented English, telling the other partner or group something that is a known lie, attempting to manipulate and demand and order the partner or group into something the spirit wants to see done, such as leaving the room and asking for unusual favors or perverse sexual acts, in extreme cases the possessed person will feel nauseous, vomit, have twitching and numbness or extreme cold feeling of limbs, head, facial features, and upper body, fainting, having nightmares, disturbed sleep patterns, become morbid and depressed or react in angry violent ways after using the board. Or they may speak persistently of the same actions or thoughts that are seemingly not his/her own, worst case scenario is that they speak of or attempt suicide, harming themselves and others, or suddenly develop substance abuse habits that were never a problem before. This seems to coincide with prolonged use and after the cycle of progressive entrapment has started. In worst case scenarios I advise seeking help from a professional of the clergy or another professional of your faith that specializes in spirit contact and even a demonologist that can help with dispelling the presence and restoring the affected person back to themselves.
In the surrounding area during the séance, if you just happen to be in a room or building, negative entities will occasionally manifest and show signs of presence by loud scratching, banging and thumping of walls, furniture, and floor, doors may slam shut or forcefully open. They may attempt trying to upend the board or disturb the table where the board is sitting, candles may burn very low or go out, lights and electrical equipment in the room will go off or malfunction, they may or may not become physically violent towards the medium or others involved. If you are outside, you may hear loud snapping sounds and movement in bushes and trees, the wind may pick up speed, or suddenly stop and become very still and you may feel a marked drop in temperature and a feeling of oppressive heaviness in the immediate area, animals, insects, and birds become very quiet or may act disturbed and suddenly take flight or leave. Candles sitting in the circle or area may become dim, go out, or suddenly overturn.
A lot of hearsay speaks strongly of destroying a board should it become possessed by a spirit that refuses to let go of it or doesn't want to share the board with other spirits, and there is the potential danger of becoming addicted to using your board, by the maleficent spirits that have decided they want to keep you talking to them, they create illusions of lies and deceit and false flattery to the owner of the board to keep them coming back for more, this is called progressive entrapment, which is another form of spiritual possession however it is the spirit in the board that has you obsessively using it to maintain contact and this is how the spirit possesses your mind and possibly manipulates you into doing its will when you are not in contact with your board. This is why we do not use our board if we are sick or frail of physical and mental health in any way whatsoever.
Instead of destroying the board entirely it is better to try to cleanse it and remove the negative energy and restore it back to a neutral and safe state. I personally say that if you were to burn, smash, or rip apart your board then you are in effect releasing the spirit into this world to wreak whatever havoc it wants and then you have to resort to measures to rid it out of your life anyway so what exactly is destroying the board going to achieve?? Proper opening and closing down of the board and cleansing it of any and all energies before and after using it is a safe way to prevent the board and yourself from potential entrapment or a spirit escaping and causing potential problems for you and others. I have seen boards that are marked with protective runes, sigils, and words to prevent negative energies from making contact, this sounds like an idea that would not be amiss!
If your board is made of a wood, glass, or acrylic material that can be cleansed, then sprinkling it with sea salt, sweeping it off with a ritual duster or broom, then sprinkling blessed water onto each corner of it and gently wiping it off, smudging it down with incense and passing it over a white candle flame, and repeating this ritual three consecutive times accompanied by clear and forceful chants and incantations for the negative forces to be removed and cleansed should be a efficient way to and remove stubbornly negative energies. In the case of a very strong or harmful type spirit asking the aide of a trained professional or clergy of your choice would be a wise decision.
Places to not use your board include first and most importantly, inside your home, this is where you live, sleep, and go throughout your day, and we do not want the spirit potentially inhabiting our home or affecting the environment if there was originally no spiritual activity beforehand. if your home is already known to be haunted then it is better to entice the spirit that lives there to leave the house and be outside or in a place where it is not going to possibly harm you or your chosen partner. Do not use your board in a place such as a cemetery or in a place where violence, murders, bad tragedies have happened or any place that is known to carry negative energy that could be accidentally contacted and brought into the living world. It is relatively safe to use your board on your property outside the home, in a park, any chosen place of yours that will be safe to use that is not going to be in a personal intimate space and preferably in a place that would be neutral for negative energy. Places near running natural sources of water seem to be good conductors for spiritual energy and where there is a large area of limestone, limestone is oddly conducive to holding and trapping energy of all kinds and homes and properties with limestone foundations and caves of limestone are said to be haunted.
I hope I have given you all an informational introduction into this often misunderstood and feared tool, yes I have spoken of what can go wrong and what to not do..I am all for the safety of the people using the board and safe practices of using a magical tool and there are too many people that are naïve and foolish and really want to think that an ouija board is just a game or toy. I can assure you that if you really want to treat it that way then expect to find yourself toyed with in return and the ways that you are being played with may not be very fair or nice. However, for the many of us that wish to use the board in the correct ways and that means no harm and want to learn and explore what can be a fantastic way to work with spirits..yes an Ouija board can be a great asset to own and use. spirits. I hope everyone has a Blessed Day and I will see you all again soon!
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